Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
July 22, 2002
Program Information
To receive program descriptions and
application forms for funding opportunities, please contact Beverly Page,
Information Specialist, Research and
Sponsored Programs, phone: (785)5325045, e-mail: bbpage@ksu.edu
GENERAL
27-1 Biological Input/Output Systems
(DOD)
The Defense Sciences Office is interested
in new proposals to develop robust technologies for designing DNA-encoded plug
and play modules that will enable the use
of organisms (e.g., plants, microbes, lower
eukaryotes) as remote sentinels for reporting the presence of chemical or biological
analytes. The ability to design and use
organisms as sentinels is limited by the
ease with which their molecular components and pathways can be designed and
assembled to generate new sensing and
reporting capabilities. The BIOS program,
therefore, seeks to develop revolutionary
technologies that will lead to facile engineering and assembly of functional biological circuits and pathways in living
organisms. BAA01-02 (FBO 10/17/01)
URL: http://www.arpa.mil/baa/#dso
Deadline: 8/29/2002
27-2 Fulbright New Century Scholars
Program (CIES)
The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program brings together annually 25-30 outstanding research scholars and
professionals from the U.S. and around the
world. NCS fellows engage in multidisciplinary collaboration and dialogue on a
topic of global significance under the leadership of a Distinguished New Century
Scholar Leader. For the academic year
2002-2003, the research focus is Addressing Sectarian, Ethnic and Cultural Conflict
within and across National Borders. NCS
Fellows not only make an international
exchange visit to further their research, but
also participate in various forums to share
their research and promote group objectives.
URL: http://www.cies.org
Deadline: 10/1/2002
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regional scale. NIGEC presently supports
research on three topics: Exchange of carbon (e.g., uptake of atmospheric CO2) by
U.S. terrestrial ecosystems; Effects of
environmental change associated with
energy production on U.S. terrestrial ecosystems; and Development and testing of
ecosystem models needed for integrated
assessments.
URL: http://nigec.ucdavis.edu/rfp/
index.htm
Deadline: Letters of Intent 8/9/2002;
Applications 9/3/2002
27-4 Ecological Indicators for the
Great Rivers of the Central Basins
(EPA)
The Environmental Protection Agency is
inviting applications to establish a Great
Rivers Ecological Indicator Research program to support the development of biological indicators to report on the status
and trends of large river systems. Rivers
of interest are the Mississippi, Missouri,
and Ohio. EPA is also interested in developing indicators which can capture and
report on the interactions between the
ecological health of the streams and their
regional economies, such that we can
measure progress towards ecological and
economic sustainabilitY.
URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/current/
02greatbasin.html
Deadline: 10/15/2002
EDUCATION
27-5 Research in Education (Spencer)
The Spencer Foundation makes grants for
research to investigate ways in which
education, broadly conceived, can be
improved around the world. The Major
Research Grants Program supports
research projects requiring more than
$35,000. Projects can range from
medium-sized studies that can be completed within a year by an individual
researcher to more extensive collaborative studies that can last several years.
The Small Research Grants Program supports short-term projects (one year or
less). The program is appropriate for
modest-sized research projects, exploratory studies, specific phases of larger
investigations, and projects that arise in
response to unusual opportunities.
URL: http://www.spencer.org
Deadline: Open
AGRICULTURE
27-3 Global Environmental Change
Research (DOE)
NIGEC supports university researchers
developing scientific knowledge of effects
of global environmental change associated
with energy production on national
resources (especially terrestrial ecosystems) with an emphasis on issues at the
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
27-6 Research and Development for
Truck Essential Power Systems (DOE)
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Heavy Vehicle
Technologies (OHVT), is seeking applications for cost-shared research and
development for truck Essential Power
Systems (EPS). Trucks include Class 2b
through Class 8. The Essential Power
System is a cross-cutting technology area
(technologies and systems) that seeks to
provide more efficient, practical, and cost
effective management of electrical,
mechanical, and thermal power on trucks.
The EPS provides a possible technology
pathway for future truck electrification.
DE-SC04-02AL68123
URL: http://doe-iips.pr.doe.gov/iips/
busopor.nsf/solicitation+by+number/
Deadline: 8/26/2002
27-7 Inter-American Materials
Collaboration (NSF)
Research funding agencies in Argentina,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico
and the U.S. are working together to
enhance opportunities for collaborative
activities in materials research. NSF will
consider proposals in two categories: Category A) Proposals that aim to support
international collaboration in materials
research among individual investigators,
groups of investigators, or centers from
the U.S. and one or more of the other six
participating countries, and Category B)
Proposals that aim to support international activities that are at the initial (preresearch) stages of international collaborative research projects and programs,
and that can cover the costs associated
with organizing workshops, seminars,
conferences or symposia, and travel
related to the project. NSF 02-141
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/
getpub?nsf02141
Deadline: Category A 10/18/2002
27-8 Basic Research in Support of
Future Marine Corps Operations
(DOD)
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is
soliciting from Institutions of Higher
Education white papers and proposals for
Basic Research in areas of potential applicability to future United States Marine
Corps operations in selected technical
areas. Areas include: Marking, and Tracking of Individuals and Vehicles; Man-Portable Electric Power Generation and
Storage; Energy Limited Communications; Information Efficiency; Human
Visual, Auditory or Olfactory Sensory
Enhancement; and Seismic Detection of
Buried Landmines.
URL: http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/
default.htm
Deadline: 10/4/2002
27-9 Energy Sciences (DOE)
The Office of Science of the Department
of Energy announces its continuing interest in receiving grant applications for sup-
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port of work in the following program
areas: Basic Energy Sciences, High
Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics,
Advanced Scientific Computing, Fusion
Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, and Energy Research
Analyses. Notice 02-01
URL: http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/
grants/fr02-01.html
Deadline: Open
27-10 Experimental and Theoretical
Development of Quantum Computers
(ARO)
The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO)
announces the availability of a Broad
Agency Announcement for Experimental
and Theoretical Development of Quantum Computers. Proposals may be for: 1)
Quantum Computing for both experimental and theoretical studies of potential
physical embodiments of quantum logic
and for more base studies in the related
fields of quantum error correction and
control, quantum decoherence and entanglement; or 2) Quantum Algorithm which
should be primarily to develop new quantum computing algorithms but may also
consider issues of quantum computational
complexity and computability. DAAD1902-R-0005 (FBO 05/10/02)
URL: http://www.aro.army.mil/research/
index.htm
Deadline: 10/8/2002
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCE
27-11 Age-Related Prostate Growth:
Biologic Mechanisms (NIH)
The National Institute on Aging (NIA),
the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), and
the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS) invite research
applications addressing biologic mechanisms related to aging processes that
underlie the initiation and progression of
prostate growth processes in middle-age,
and the pathophysiologic connections of
that growth process with the prostate diseases prevalent in older men, benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) and prostate
cancer. PA-02-116 (NIHG 06/28/02)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PA-02-116.html
Deadline: 10/1/2002, 2/1/2003, 6/1/2003
27-12 Auditory/ Perceptual Processing
by Infants with Hearing Loss: Issues in
Clinical Assessment and Management
(NIH)
The purpose of this request for applications (RFA) is to support multidisciplinary research addressing auditory/
perceptual processing in infants with
hearing loss. There are no tools or techniques that are sufficiently sensitive or
developed for measuring/ evaluating
progress or benefit of various habilitative
strategies in these infants. There is little
information available on the auditory/
perceptual processing abilities of infants
with hearing loss. Information is lacking
regarding suprathreshold auditory behaviors, perception of complex sounds,
acquisition and organization of information necessary for language acquisition,
multimodal perceptual processes, and
cognitive factors such as learning and
memory. Research that characterizes
auditory/ perceptual performance in
infants with hearing loss is needed to
guide clinicians as they evaluate and
monitor an infant’s auditory and linguistic
development in order to identify optimal
intervention strategies. RFA DC-02-004
(NIHG 06/14/02)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-DC-02-004.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 10/1/2002;
Applications 10/17/2002
27-13 Women’s Health in Sports and
Exercise (NIH)
The National Institute of Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
(NIAMS), National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development
(NICHD) and the Office of Research on
Women’s Health (ORWH) encourage
investigator-initiated research grant applications to study women’s health in sports
and exercise. The purpose of this Program
Announcement (PA) is to stimulate and
foster a wide range of basic, translational
and patient-oriented clinical studies.
Improvement in our basic knowledge of
the pathophysiology of sports injuries in
women will help to solve the puzzle of
why female athletes are more susceptible
to certain types of injury. In addition,
translational studies will be helpful in
developing optimal prevention, rehabilitation and training strategies for injuries
and overuse syndromes in the female athlete throughout the life spectrum. PA-02115 (NIHG 06/21/02)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PA-02-115.html
Deadline: 10/1/2002, 2/1/2003, 6/1/2003
Research Infrastructure Awards and for
Developmental Awards. RFA HD-02-021
(NIHG 07/05/02)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-HD-02-021.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 10/20/2002;
Applications 11/20/2002
27-15 Research on Research Integrity
(NIH)
The Office of Research Integrity, with
several National Institutes, invites applications to support research on research
integrity. Integrity in this context is
understood as adherence to rules, regulations, guidelines, and commonly accepted
professional codes or norms. The purpose
of the proposed grant program is to foster
empirical research on the institutions,
processes, and values that affect integrity
in research. RFA NS-03-001 (NIHG 05/
10/02)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-NS-03-001.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 10/15/2002;
Applications 11/15/2002
SOCIAL SCIENCES
27-14 Population Research
Infrastructure Program (NIH)
The National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD), through
the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB), Center for Population Research (CPR), invites applications
for infrastructure grants in support of population research relevant to the DBSB
mission. Applicants may request funds to
support infrastructure development and/or
research designed to: 1) enhance the quality and quantity of population research
conducted at an institution; and 2)
develop new research capabilities to
advance population research through
innovative approaches. A central goal of
this program is to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in population research while providing essential
and cost-effective core services in support
of the development, conduct, and translation of population research based in centers or comparable administrative units.
This announcement invites applications
for two types of awards: for full-fledged
R.W. Trewyn, Vice Provost for Research &
Dean of the Graduate School
Ted Knous, Associate Vice Provost, Tech
Transfer and Research
Yvonne Bachura, Secretary
Jim Guikema, Associate Vice Provost, Graduate Research
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Doan, Rex Goff, Dawn Caldwell, Cheryl
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